{"id":3330,"date":"2015-09-24T07:03:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T11:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.explorewestport.com\/?p=3330"},"modified":"2015-09-24T07:03:05","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T11:03:05","slug":"delta-harvest-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/new_sites\/westport\/delta-harvest-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta Harvest Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Delta<\/a>When:\u00a0Saturday, October 3<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Begin Saturday, October 3 off with our Harvest Breakfast in the Old Town Hall starting at 8:00 am.<\/strong><\/span> Later, take a tour of the Old Stone Mill and see how wheat is ground into flour on the millstones. That flour is available for purchase in the gift shop. The blacksmith will also be on site to show his trade plus there will be food vendors set up inside the Mill to sell their wares and a produce sale providing an opportunity to purchase your harvest vegetables.<\/p>\n

Lunch will be a BBQ Octoberfest Sausage or Hot Dog and then stick around for a Ham Supper with fall harvest fruits and vegetables hosted by the Delta United Church in the Old Town Hall.<\/p>\n

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Other events will include a bread making contest, a used book sale, a new book launch, plus rope making and corn shucking demonstrations. There will be lots of games and activities for kids and great musical entertainment provided by Fiddlers Plus.<\/p>\n

The Fire Hall Museum will be open, Lower Beverley Lake Park will host wagon rides through the Park and village plus will be holding a 25 per cent sale on camping rates. At the fair grounds the Delta Agricultural Society will be hosting a vendor sale, plus a horse draw.<\/p>\n

End the day by enjoying the Harvest Festival Dance which will take place in the Agricultural Society Hall from 9 pm to 1 am.<\/p>\n

See what the Village of Delta has to offer.<\/p>\n

Make Delta your destination for the day!<\/p>\n

Delta Harvest\u00a0Festival\u00a0Program\u00a0Guide\u00a0&\u00a0Map
\nOctober 3, 2015
\nThanks to our\u00a0Community Partners:\u00a0Delta Agricultural Society, Delta United Church, Delta Baptist Church, Royal Canadian Legion Br 207, Delta Athletic & Recreational Society, Rideau Island and Lakes Theatre Group, Delta Fire Hall Museum, Lower Beverley
\nLake Park and all the volunteers!<\/p>\n

Harvest Breakfast
\n(Old Town Hall) – Enjoy sausage, eggs,
\nhome fries, toast, coffee \/tea, and juice from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
\nAdults: $8.00 \/ Children 5 to 12: $5.00<\/p>\n

Used Book Sale
\n(Old Town Hall) – free will donation
\nOld Stone Mill opens: tours, gift shop, vendors (bread, produce,
\npreserves and crafts), snack table.<\/p>\n

Fairgrounds Main Hallopens\u00a0($5 admission to Fairgrounds) –
\nvendors in the Main Hall include Tupperware, Regal Gifts and
\nGreetings, homemade cards, homemade crafts, jewelry, baked
\ngoods, knitting Party Lites, Epicure, Jan Berry Nails, and Unique
\nMake up, Avon, Steeped Tea, Bling Thing, Wood Carving, Steel,
\nand Sensational Candles.<\/p>\n

Octoberfest Sausages
\n(Fairgrounds, all day)<\/p>\n

Fire Hall Museum
\nopens (9am to 4pm)<\/p>\n

Blacksmithing Demonstrations
\n(Drive Shed – 9am to 4pm)<\/p>\n

Bread Baking Contest
\nJudging (Old Town Hall)<\/p>\n

Rope making and corn shelling
\ndemonstrations at the mill
\n(10am to 11am and 1pm to 2pm)<\/p>\n

Wagon Rides of the Village
\n– pick-up\/drop-off at Lower
\nBeverley Lake Park, Old Town Hall, Fairgrounds (10am to 2pm)<\/p>\n

Launch of Pioneer Cookbook
\nby Joyce Gunnewiek
\n(Old Town Hall)<\/p>\n

Horse Draw, Fairgrounds\u2019\u00a0Grandstand ($5 entry to Fairgrounds)<\/p>\n

Children\u2019s Activities\u00a0at the DARS Rec Centre (11am to 2pm)<\/p>\n

BBQ Hot Dog or Sausage Lunch\u00a0at the Mill (11am to 1pm)<\/p>\n

Music by Fiddler\u2019s Plus
\n(along the street – 11am to noon)<\/p>\n

Rope making and corn shelling
\ndemos (mill – noon to 1pm)<\/p>\n

Milling Demonstration
\n(Old Stone Mill)<\/p>\n

Music by Fiddlers Plus
\n(along the street – 1pm to 2pm)<\/p>\n

Harvest Supper
\n(Old Town Hall) from 4pm to 6pm – Enjoy ham,
\nscalloped potatoes, baked beans, harvest vegetables, apple
\ncrisp or pumpkin pie and beverage.
\nAdults: $12.00 \/ Children 5 to
\n12 years of age: $6.00. Sponsored by the Delta United Church.<\/p>\n

Harvest Festival Dance
\n(Fairgrounds Main Hall) \u2013 9pm to 1am
\nwith DJ Jef incent – $5.00 admission at the door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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